From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "COLLAR OR NECKLACE.---BAND OF CEDAR BARK, BENT IN CIRCLE, COVERED ON EXTERIOR WITH WOVEN CEDAR BARK AND LINES INSIDE WITH DARK GREEN CLOTH. INDIANS NEAR BELLA BELLA. CIRCUMFERENCE, 2 FT. WIDTH, 3 1/2 INS. BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1876. 20,686. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. These cedar collars, worn with anklets and wristbands, were used as forms of protection, but also showed your societal status.

From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. This mask would be worn not as a frontlet, but as a clan hat or something to that effect.

This is a model of the type of canoe called a Head canoe, with painted crests at bow and stern. As of 2011, there are 3 model paddles with this canoe model.Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. This model is possibly a feast dish and a prime example of a classic head canoe. It appears to be made by a person of Tlingit origin though it contains classic Bella Bella designs and sculpting. This object was probably made to be sold.

From card for E23523-46: "Dec 20, 1972, Bill Holm says that these are definitely Haida."Cultural ID for paddles E23523 - 23546 is somewhat in question. They were catalogued as Clallam, Bill Holm has identified them as Haida, but James Swan in correspondence in the accession file references 24 Bella Bella paddles.

IDENTIFIED BY PETER MACDONALD, GUEST CURATOR OF THE "DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY" EXHIBITION, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, 1998, AS "ARCHAIC HEILTSUK". BASED ON THIS IDENTIFICATION, WILLIAM STURTEVANT, CURATOR OF NORTH AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, DECIDED TO UPDATE THE PERMANENT COMPUTER RECORD AND STORE THE OBJECT AS "BELLA BELLA". IDENTIFIED AS MASK REPRESENTING MALE ANCESTOR, C. 1845, BELLA BELLA, ON P. 189 IN DOWN FROM THE SHIMMERING SKY BY PETER MACNAIR, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, 1998.Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. This was specifically a dance mask, there's a spruce root bite place. It is made of alder and spruce.For more information, see pdf of additional documentation on the Gibbs collections provided by Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa which is filed with the Emu accession/transaction record.

FROM CARD: "LOANED RENWICK GAL. 11-7-73. LOAN RETURNED 8-24-76."FROM CARD: "20558 FROM PAGE 72, BOXES AND BOWLS CATALOG; RENWICK GALLERY: SMITHSONIAN PRESS; 1974. OBJECT ILLUS. ON SAME. 63. BENT BOWL WOOD; CARVED IN RELIEF; KERFED. PEGGED AND NAILED LENGTH: 12 1/2 BELLA BELLA, BRITISH COLUMBIA. "DINNER DISH," COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. CATALOGED JANUARY 15, 1876. 20,558."